Feeling overwhelmed or confused about applying for Financial Aid for your college bound senior? Are you still not sure what the FAFSA is? If this describes you or your college bound senior, then please join Lisa Dooley of the Sage Colleges and Mrs. Harrison for FAFSA Night on Thursday, February 11, from 6:30 until 8 pm at the Berlin Middle/High School. Stop by the Middle School Computer Lab between 6:30 and 8 pm and get the help you are looking for filling out the FAFSA.
School News
Clarification
Hoosick Falls School Librarian Martha Von Schilgen corrected our description last week of the new resources available through the School Library’s web site. She wrote, “One small error in the Hoosick Falls School Board news – our students cannot access the school library’s online catalog, but they can access the public library on line catalog from their home computers. Students are able to access the school’s library catalog from anywhere in school on the school’s internal network.”
St. Mary’s Events Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
submitted by Marilyn Douglas
St. Mary’s Academy planned many events to celebrate Catholic Schools Week. The kick-off celebration was the well attended Spaghetti Dinner and Talent Show on Saturday, January 30. On February 3, the public was invited to the Learning Fair and Open House running from 6 to 7:30 pm. [Read more…] about St. Mary’s Events Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
Albany-Tula Alliance Announces Student Essay Contest
High school students in the Capital Region will have an opportunity to win a trip to Russia for two weeks this summer through an essay contest sponsored by the Albany-Tula Alliance. Students aged 16 to 18 who wish to compete will be asked to write a 1,500 word essay identifying and discussing an issue that Presidents Medvedev and Obama can work on together that will improve the lives of both Russians and Americans in terms of knowledge, resources and trust. [Read more…] about Albany-Tula Alliance Announces Student Essay Contest
HFCS Raises Senior Exemption Income Limits
by Alex Brooks
At its meeting on January 21, the Hoosick Falls School Board approved new, higher income limits for the Senior Citizen exemptions from school property tax. This will allow more seniors to qualify for the exemptions. [Read more…] about HFCS Raises Senior Exemption Income Limits
National Substance Abuse Expert To Speak At TRACs Breakfast Meeting
The local community TRACs (Together Reducing Alcohol and drugs in our Communities) Coalition is hosting a continental breakfast and a presentation on substance use among teens and preteens in our communities on February 4, at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Berlin from 7 to 8:30 am.
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Letter To The Editor – A Vote Of No Confidence
To the Editor:
On December 8 the community members of the Berlin Central School District voted against funding the building plan put forth by the District administration and the Board of Education. The overwhelming NO vote was not due solely to the difficult economic times we are all experiencing, as our interim Superintendent has suggested.
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Strengthening Families
A free, six week program for parents/guardians and children ages 10 to 14 is coming to Hoosick Falls Central School in February.
The program will improve adult relationships with adolescents, provide ideas about how to improve communication and resolve conflicts, and, because it involves young people, they learn new skills, too.
Dinner will be provided for the first and last sessions while refreshments will be available for the intervening sessions.
Contact Maryann Strauss at 686-7321 ext. 1095 for more information.
Mountaineers Fall On Grand Game For LCS
by Ryan Mosher
Despite losing two of their last three games, the Berlin boys basketball team traveled to Loudonville on Friday having improved their play drastically since they hosted the Eagles to open the season. Friday night was a special night for the Eagles, as their standout guard Cullen Overholt stood just 14 points away from becoming the first LCS boys basketball player to reach 1,000 career points. [Read more…] about Mountaineers Fall On Grand Game For LCS
Mountaineer/Tiger Wrestlers Face Tough Competition At ICC Tourney
by Ryan Mosher
The Berlin-New Lebanon wrestling team traveled to the Ichabod Crane wrestling tournament this past weekend to take on several tough Capital District wrestling teams. After losing the opening match of the day to a very tough Schuylerville team, the Mountaineers/Tigers then took on Schoharie. [Read more…] about Mountaineer/Tiger Wrestlers Face Tough Competition At ICC Tourney